Traveling for the holidays? Or maybe you just want to get out of doing dishes. If you're looking for a place to dine out in Boulder for Thanksgiving or Christmas, the restaurants below would gladly host you (and clean up after you, too).
Please note, reservations are always recommended for holiday dining.
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby.
Brunch and Candlelight Dinner on Christmas Day
Hotel Boulderado Christmas Buffet
Gather under a spectacular, stained-glass ceiling on the historic mezzanine, around the beautifully adorned 28-foot Christmas tree, and enjoy a sumptuous holiday menu.
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Open Christmas Day
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby.
Special Christmas Eve Candlelight Dinner
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Open Christmas Eve
Aloy Thai
Open Christmas Eve
Centro Mexican Kitchen
Open Christmas Eve
Chautauqua Dining Hall
Open Christmas Eve
Corrida
Open Christmas Eve
Frasca Food & Wine
Special Christmas Eve "Feast of the Seven Fishes" Dinner
Six courses of upscale seafood-based fare. $165 per person with an optional wine flight. Kids younger than 10 may order a la carte.
Greenbriar Inn
Open Christmas Eve, 4:30-8pm, reservations required
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
The Kitchen
Open Christmas Eve
Mateo Restaurant Provencal
Open Christmas Eve
Oak at Fourteenth
Open Christmas Eve, 11:30am-2:30pm, 4:30-9pm
Post Brewing Co.
Open Christmas Eve
West End Tavern
Open Christmas Eve
Zolo
Open Christmas Eve
Nov. 25, 2019–Dec. 31, 2020, 3pm–3am
The City of Boulder is making it easier — and more affordable — to celebrate the holidays downtown with its new "$3 for 3 to 3" parking program. Park in any city parking garage after 3pm and leave before 3am and you'll be charged a flat rate of just $3 for your entire stay. No special tickets or codes are required, and anyone who leaves the garage after 3am will be charged the normal hourly rate ($1.25/hour for the first 4 hours, $2.50/hour after that). As always, parking in city parking garages is free Saturdays, Sundays and city-recognized holidays.
Boulder restaurant owners, let us know if you have holiday meal service and are not listed above! Email Abbie Youngs to have your restaurant added.
